Saudi Arabian contractor Acwa Power is already building a 160MW CSP plant in the Ouarzazate area,  as part of a Moroccan government initiative to produce 2GW of solar power by 2020 – equivalent to about 38% of Morocco’s current installed generation capacity.

Morocco’s Solar Energy Agency (Masen) says consortia led bySpain’s Abengoa, GDF’s International Power and Acwa Power had been pre-selectedfor the 200MW (Noor ll) tender.

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